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PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSION MEETS UNDER SHADOW OF ÖCALAN MEETING
DEM Party Deputy Parliamentary Group Chair Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit has renewed her party’s call for the National Solidarity, Brotherhood and Democracy Commission to visit imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan on İmralı Island.
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CHP SHUTTERS ISTANBUL OFFICE AFTER COURT-IMPOSED CHAIR TAKES OVER WITH POLICE
After court-appointed interim chair Gürsel Tekin entered the main opposition CHP’s Istanbul provincial office under police escort, the party announced it would close the building and relocate operations to its Bahçelievler branch, notifying authorities.
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CHP CALLS SNAP CONGRESS AS LEGAL BATTLE ESCALATES
Turkey’s main opposition party, the CHP, is set to hold an extraordinary congress on Sept. 21, after more than 900 delegates submitted signatures to Ankara’s Çankaya District Election Board on September 5. The move comes amid a growing legal standoff that has rocked the party’s Istanbul branch. Among the signatories, the 196 Istanbul delegates suspended by court order were not included.
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MAN AT THE CENTER OF ISTANBUL PROBE BREAKS HIS SILENCE
Akın Gürlek, Istanbul’s chief public prosecutor known for ordering probes and detentions against the opposition CHP, spoke on camera for the first time at the opening of the new judicial year. He said indictments related to the Istanbul Municipality would be ready in September and October.
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ERDOĞAN VOWS RESOLVE ON PEACE PROCESS
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan warned that whoever tries to sabotage the Terror-Free Turkey process will face the consequences. Erdoğan emphasized that recent events have shown that Turkey has been most affected by the unrest in Syria.
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PROSECUTOR KILLED IN ISTANBUL
Public Prosecutor Ercan Kayhan, who worked at the Istanbul Courthouse, was killed. Kayhan was stabbed in the throat by Mustafa Can Gül at a restaurant in Ömerli, Çekmeköy, Istanbul, at around 9:15 p.m. on Sept. 3.
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DETENTION OF TWO LAWYERS IN ISTANBUL MUNICIPALITY PROBE HIGHLIGHTS DIFFERENT JUDICIAL TREATMENT
The detention of two lawyers in the same Istanbul Municipality corruption file has highlighted different approaches within the judiciary.
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DEM PARTY DELEGATION VISITS ÖCALAN AFTER COMMISSION LAUNCH
A DEM Party delegation traveled to İmralı Island on Aug. 28 to meet with jailed PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, the first visit since Parliament formed the National Solidarity, Brotherhood and Democracy Commission.
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COMMISSION SPLIT OVER RULE OF LAW
The parliamentary National Solidarity, Brotherhood and Democracy Commission held two tense meetings this week, first hearing from Turkey’s bar associations and then from former parliamentary speakers.The MPs on the commission, who had so far avoided direct confrontation, engaged in their first open war of words after bar leaders gave long speeches stressing constitutional rights and the rule of law.
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TURKISH PARLIAMENT TO HOLD EXTRAORDINARY SESSION ON GAZA
Turkey’s parliament will meet in an extraordinary session on Aug. 29 to discuss Israel’s offensive in Gaza and steps to deliver humanitarian aid.
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BAR ASSOCIATION CHAIR URGES RESPECT FOR CONSTITUTION AT PARLIAMENT COMMISSION
Turkey Bar Association (TBB) President Erinç Sağkan told parliament’s National Solidarity, Brotherhood and Democracy Commission that no political or legal issue in Turkey can be resolved without respect for the constitution.
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SECOND BAHÇELİ-ALLY ARRESTED
İsmet Sayhan, former president of the state-owned Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation (MKE) and a close associate of MHP Chair Devlet Bahçeli, has been arrested.